Steinchisma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paspaleae
Subtribus: Otachyriinae
Genus: Steinchisma
Overview of species

S. cuprea – S. decipiens – S. exiguiflora – S. hians – S. laxum – S. spathellosum – S. stenophyllum
Name

Steinchisma Raf., Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 220 (1830)

Type species: Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 105 (1903)

Steinchisma is neuter in gender, (Nicolson, Taxon 43: 106 (1994))
Synonymy

Heterotypic
Cliffordiochloa B.K.Simon, Austrobaileya 3: 674 (1992)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma.
South-Central U.S.A.
New Mexico, Texas.
Southeastern U.S.A.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Mexico
Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Rafinesque, C.S. 1830. (Bulletin Botanique [Geneve] 1: 220.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Steinchisma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Steinchisma. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Steinchisma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Steinchisma. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: Gaping grass

Steinchisma is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Americas but a few of them naturalized in Africa.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Species[2]

Steinchisma cupreum (Hitchc. & Chase) W.V.Br. - Durango, Jalisco, Zacatecas, México State, Puebla, Veracruz, Querétaro
Steinchisma decipiens (Nees ex Trin.) W.V.Br. - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
Steinchisma exiguiflorum (Griseb.) W.V.Br. - Bahamas, Greater Antilles
Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash - southeastern + south-central United States (New Mexico to Virginia); Latin America (Tamaulipas to Uruguay); naturalized in KwaZulu-Natal
Steinchisma laxum (Sw.) Zuloaga - from Florida + Durango to Argentina incl. Galápagos; naturalized in tropical West Africa, Assam, Ascension Island
Steinchisma spathellosum (Döll) Renvoize - Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sol, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Cordillera, Paraguarí), Argentina (Buenos Aires, D.F., Misiones, Entre Ríos)
Steinchisma stenophyllum (Hack.) Zuloaga & Morrone - Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas), Suriname, Brazil (Bahia, Pará, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso)

References

Tropicos, Steinchisma Raf.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1830. Bulletin Botanique ou Collection de Notices Originales et d'Extraits des Ouvrages Botaniques. Geneve, Switzerland 1: 220
Simon, B. K. 1999. Steinchisma hians (Elliott) Nash, the correct name for Fasciculochloa sparshottiorum B.K. Simon & C.M. Weiller. Austrobaileya 5(3): 585–586.
Simon, B. K. 2003. Steinchisma laxa (Sw.) Zuloaga, the correct name for Cliffordiochloa parvispiculata B.K. Simon. Austrobaileya 6(3): 561–562.
Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, A. S. Vega & L. M. Giussani. 1998. Revisión y análisis cladístico de Steinchisma (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(4): 631–656
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora in Spanish
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps